Oh, I wasn't sure, judging by the fact you took a whole year off.
Well, first, once you're 16 you're free to do what you want in terms of school. That doesn't really apply here, seeing as I wasn't 16 when it happened, but yeah, you can legally drop out at 16 (not that I would).
As for before that, technically, yeah, you're supposed to go, but they won't like send cops to your door if you don't or anything. They won't throw you in jail for it. But you do have to do something about it, which is why I was forced to see counselling for why I wouldn't want to go :laugh:. It was a waste of time, but it stopped me from being in any trouble for it, so whatever. Like I said though, it was a pretty shitty year, but the worst part is that it set me back a year, so instead of being in grade 11, I'm in 10.